Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alu
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *olъ, Old Armenian աւղի (awłi).
Pronunciation
Noun
*alu n[1]
Synonyms
Inflection
The nominative singular lacks the final consonant of the stem. This preserves an old sound change from late PIE, where word-final *-t becomes *-d. According to Grimm's Law, *t shifted to *þ, and *d shifted to *t. Following this, word-final *-t was lost regularly.
neuter consonant stemDeclension of *alu (neuter consonant stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *alu | *aluþ | |
vocative | *alu | *aluþ | |
accusative | *alu | *aluþ | |
genitive | *aluþiz | *aluþǫ̂ | |
dative | *aluþi | *aluþumaz | |
instrumental | *aluþē | *aluþumiz |
Descendants
- Old English: alu, ealu
- Old Saxon: alo
- Old Dutch: *alo
- Old High German: *alo
- Middle High German: *ale (attested in compounds)
- >? Proto-Norse: ᚨᛚᚢ (alu)
- Old Norse: ǫl
- Icelandic: öl
- Faroese: øl
- Norwegian: øl
- Old Swedish: øl
- Swedish: öl
- Old Danish: øl
- Danish: øl
- Elfdalian: öl
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "non-ogt" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., ööl
- Gutnish: öl
- Old Norse: ǫl
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- →? Latvian: alus
- →? Ossetian: ӕлутон (æluton)